The Internet Good and Bad

             

Reasons why the internet is good

1. Information

- Finding information from the internet is very useful. The internet is filled with websites that allows you to enhance your knowledge.

2.      2.Social Networking

-       -Social Networking is a useful way to communicate with friends and family. If a family member is overseas for possible military services, social networking with oovoo a webcam chat site, would be very useful to stay in touch. This website would allow you to physically see your love one daily.

3.     3. Entertainment 

·         -Humans today devote so much time in finding ways to entertain themselves. The internet has so many sites available for entertainment. From online video gaming to online checkers the internet has it all. A lot of celebrity gossip can be seen online and some people get a kick out of celebrity drama.  

4.     4. Online Education

·       - Online education has become new to most people. With technology moving rapidly courses are made available online for people to obtain a degree in a more reasonable time frame. For people with conflicts and can’t not physically attend a regular university, these online programs have made it possible for people to become educated.

5.  5. Online Employment

- The internet has provided people with employment opportunities. Working online can be more convenient.

Reasons why the internet is bad

1.      Causes Laziness

·         I am a testament to this statement, for example instead of looking up a word’s definition in a dictionary; I just hop on Google and Google the answer.

The internet has created an excuse for people to not research information in depth and just Google everything.

2.      Sites might not be reliable

·         Sometimes site you visit on the internet may have unreliable information and this is really bad when you are working on an assignment that requires credible information.

3.      Technical issues

·         Technical issues are another reasons why the internet is bad. Technical issues can be caused when thousands of people are trying to access the same site at the same time. Sometimes even GeorgiaView has technical issues making it hard to complete your assignments.